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Methods: A deidentified data set of clients treated in a multidisciplinary clinic was conveyed to the researchers, containing results of MCW and injury-specific psychometric tests at intake, as well as recovery status at discharge. Systematic machine modelling was applied. Results: There were no significant differences between the four injury types studied: motor crash-related Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD) and workplace-related Shoulder Injury (SI), Back Injury (BI) and Neck Injury (NI) on the MCW. Augmenting the MCW with Machine Learning (ML) models showed overall classification rates for Classification and Regression Tree (CRT) of 75.6% for Anxiety, 70.3% classified for Depression and 68.5% for Stress, and Quick Unbiased Efficient Statistical Trees could identify 68.5% of Pain Catastrophisation and 62.7% of Kinesiophobia. Combining MCW with psychometric measurements markedly increased the predictive power, with a CRT model predicting WAD recovery status with 80.7% accuracy, SI recovery status 81.7% accuracy and BI recovery status with 78% accuracy. A Na\u00efve Bayes Classifier predicted recovery status in NI with 96.4% accuracy. However, this likely represents overfitting. Conclusions: Overall, MCW augmented with ML offers a promising alternative to questionnaires, and the MCW appears to measure some unique psychological features that contribute to recovery from injury.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15010075","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,24]],"date-time":"2025-12-24T14:27:51Z","timestamp":1766586471000},"page":"75","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Clinical Significance of the Manchester Colour Wheel in a Sample of People Treated for Insured Injuries"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5324-0444","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"John Edward","family":"McMahon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Kolling Institute for Medical Research, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, St. Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7647-7604","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ashley","family":"Craig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Kolling Institute for Medical Research, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, St. Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0147-047X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ian Douglas","family":"Cameron","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Kolling Institute for Medical Research, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, St. Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Cattel, R.B. 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